Here is a testimonial from Marie & Amelia:

“Working with Q-Art has been truly inspiring. As undergraduate students, the opportunity to connect with industry has been fundamental in the Professional Practice element of our Painting, Drawing & Printmaking degree. With the mentoring and support from Q-Art in both collaborative projects and in our independent initiatives, we were able to experience the realities of working in the creative sector – so much so that, as we graduate this year, we have been motivated to start our own business, Inside Edge. We are looking forward to future collaborations with Q-Art.”

And a testimonial from Dr Stephen Felmingham,  Programme Leader: BA Painting, Drawing & Printmaking at Plymouth College of Art: 

“The collaboration between Q-Art and the Painting, Drawing & Printmaking programme at Plymouth College of Art has evolved during the last three years to become a significant component of the offer we make our students in terms of professional and critical practice. It has enhanced entrepreneurial awareness, career management skills and student’s developing sense of themselves as practitioners, as well as input into Q-Art publications and events which have impacted in the current Level 5 and 6 groups, through the programme area and the wider College, as students align themselves with the developing discourse around visual arts professional practice. It has been an exemplar for the development of research-led curriculum, as a case study for research-led teaching and has led to new insights for the teaching of professional practice in art and design that we have been able to share with the wider sector. It has also been the basis for the student-led Crit club, the impulse behind the Rhizome Arts Collective as well as being at the centre of the debate in our Student Conference 2016.

The programme is committed to providing high quality industry placements to students in Level 5 and 6. The invitation from Q-Art as a recognised partner organisation has offered an excellent and arguably unique opportunity for students become involved in a significant project that will continue to have impact in their future employability and the profile of the programme/wider College and is an example of close industry liaison for education and professional creative sector collaboration. Finally, is has provoked debate and discourse amongst the community of practitioners locally, regionally and nationally on ideas of professional and critical practice; post-graduate artist’s agency in local communities and provincial cities and innovative art and design pedagogies.”

Further information:
You can see the flyer that Marie & Amelia produced as part of their degree show (10-22nd June @PCA) here and extracts from Marie and Amelia’s interviews with graduates in Glasgow in our book ‘Professional Practice: 20 Questions‘.